Matthew Callan
Matthew Callan blogs daily at MSN Sports Filter. He has contributed to the NY Press, NPR, and "Excelsior You Fathead", a biography of Jean Shepherd. His Freezerbox piece "The Lemon Pledge" was given honorable mention in the 2003 edition of "Best American Non-Required Reading," and his fiction has been shortlisted for contests in Zoetrope: All-Story, Bomb magazine, and other publications.
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Spilled Juice
· BooksBarry Bonds: From graceful base thief to pumped-up syringe-dart target.
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The Body is Good Business
· SocietyGay TV for straights is here. But what does it mean?
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Meet the New Boss
· PoliticsWe should all feel glad that Henry Kissinger isn't running the 9/11 probe, but we shouldn't be too happy about his replacement, either.
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The Highlight Reel
· SocietyWhy does the media feel the need to reflect on something that still exists?
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Leap of the Faithless
· CultureIt can be lonely being unpious in this suddenly righteous nation of ours. That doesn't mean the holy should be doing all the talking.
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The Lemon Pledge
· CultureA view of the Pledge of Allegience, from the perspective of a childhood spent avoiding it.
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Palestine By George Lucas
· PoliticsThe menaces we have to fear are not in phantoms, but in ourselves.
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The New Medicine Show, In a Series of Ones and Zeros
· InternetThere is a program that knows you are looking at this page right now — among other things.
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Al-Qaeda Ate My Student Loans: Or, A Conspiracy Theory By Way of F&J's Pizzeria
· SocietyIn a debt-driven economy, some obligations are harder to pay than others.
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The Alibi of Broadway
· PoliticsMayor Giuliani urges New Yorkers to spend, spend, spend. Unfortunately, the city his administration created was never meant to include New Yorkers.
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On Your Knees, Teach
· SocietyThe New York City Board of Education is a cruel mistress. Luckily, most teachers seem to be into that sort of thing.
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Two Polish Guys Walk Into an Indie Rock Show...
· CultureIt's not the beginning of a joke.
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Ironic Ink
· CultureA rumination on tattoos, history, and Twisted Sister.
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I Wanna Be Your...
· MusicJoey Ramone's greatest contribution to music was being an ugly son of a bitch. Discuss.
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How My Father Started Talking American
· CultureOn St. Patrick's Day, everyone's a little bit Irish. Unless you were actually born in Ireland, as my father taught me by example.
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Ken Burns, Scrimshaw Fetishist
Ken Burns works up a 19 hour documentary on jazz, and leaves the 1960s and 70s to wait in the car.
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Selling Your Soul in a Buyer's Market
· BooksA new market has emerged which asks for higher sources of capitalistic inspiration and marketing models. Be afraid.
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A Milestone, Not A Millstone: Mos Def and the Jack Johnson Band at Roseland
· MusicMos Def recently debuted his new 'ghetto rock n' roll' outfit, the Jack Johnson Band, and it is equal parts rock and roll.
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In Memoriam: Action Park
· CultureA loving review of Matthew Callan's days at Action Park, a death-happy amusement park in Jersey that defied both logic and the survival instinct.
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Rutherford B. Hayes Speaks Out
· PoliticsOur 19th President, who knew a thing or two about electoral controversy, offers his services as a talking head.
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